Retiree Estate Agostinho Rodrigues Hollywood California Artist Black Cat Lg 1953 Ceramic Statue To Fix. 15.625 x 8 x 5 inches, Portuguese, signed and copyrighted 1953 along base at back, broken to repair, see condition report. Also known as Augusto and Augustino, Rodrigues was involved in California pottery and was a Hollywood sculpture modeller, born 1912 Funchai, Madeira Islands, Portugal, active in the Azores, London and Boston before Los Angeles by 1951, ref Vliet and Rodrigues text by Froy on the beefheart site. See also the Gary Mayers and Beniamino Bufano Claifornia sculptures together with a Dennis Hare painting, all from a California estate elsewhere in this sale.Provenance and Shipping: Retiree Estate. All lots above 100 in this sale including this lot are from 15 additional Florida estates and ship from our designated Tampa 33606 UPS Store whose information appears in the item invoice or may be picked up by limited hours and days appt. at our St. Petersburg 33709 warehouse by anyone else. Our specific UPS Store offers Domestic Flat Rates for 19.75 to 44.00 standardized boxes for smaller objects, all of which can be used for multiple lots if they fit well packed, with 2.00 per 100.00 required additional insurance using their insurance and their shipping account number. Previews for items in Florida including this lot and all lots in this sale above Lot 100 are 1 person at a time for specific advance requested lots by appt. at our main St. Petersburg, FL warehouse from Saturday January 13th through Friday January 19th as items are not staged for exhibition and are securely housed outside of preview times at multiple locations. The sale is online only with no in person auction audience or warehouse activity the day of sale or the Sunday after the sale. Winning bidders are invoiced Sunday and Monday and items are not available for pick up or shipping until payments are processed online and we are notified electronically, typically by Thursday, as there is no payment processing at our warehouse. Thank you for your interest and participation in another exciting Richard Stedman Estate Services LLC online event. Estate Ref. RSI 342

Broken to repair, big pieces broken and reglued across bottom of figure, ear and toe chip, tape residue and surface rubs to back, additional scattered imperfections, stunning but as is.